Insect-trap.



nu. 666,640. Pa'fenfed Feb. 26, |601.

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FELIX HAHN, OF MEISSEN-ON-THE-ELBE, GERMANY.

INSEQT-TRAP.

SPECIFICATION fermingpart ef Lettere Patent No. 668,640, dated. February 26, i901.

Application filed September 24, 1900. Serial N0- 30964. (No model.:`

To a/ZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FELIX HAHN, of Meissen-on-the-Elbe, in the Kingdom of Saxony and Empire of Germany, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Insect- Traps, of which the following is a specification.

v My invention has relation to an insect-trap especially adapted for trapping and holding flies or similar insects, and in such connection it relates particularly to the construction and arrangement of the device for the said purpose, among others', of trapping insects.

The principal object of my invention is to provide a trap for insects of the type in which ribbons of textile or similar fabric are employed having on one or both sides a layer of glue. Hitherto such traps have usually the disadvantage that the box fastened to the lower end of the ribbon, serving for the reception of glue, hangs down on one side, and in consequence the superfluous glue does not ow into the box, but drops on the outer side of the box, and thus the latter becomes soiled thereby. To obviate this disadvantage, the ribbon of my invention is provided at its lower end with a clamping device so arranged as to assure the proper upright position of the box and so that the glue or similar matter or substance in dropping will by gravity fall in the center of the box.

The improved trap of my invention consists of two or more layers of paper and textile fabric or of textile fabric alone having one or both sides coated or provided with a layer of glue or similar substance.

In the annexed drawings two forms of the device of my invention are represented, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevational -view of one of the forms of the device of my invention. Fig. 2`is a top or plan View of the same. Fig. 3 is a similar view of the clamp of the device. Figs. 4 and 5 are side edge views, respectively, of the strap of one and two ply. Fig. 6 is a side elevational view of a modified form of my said invention. Fig. 7 is a cross-sectional view of the device with the strap folded, the said view being taken on the line A B of Fig. 8. Fig. 8 is a plan view of the device of Fig. 6; and Fig. 9 is a cross-sectional view of the device of Fig. 1, taken on the line C D of Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawings in the forms shown in Figs. 1 to 5, and 9, the box serving for the reception of the glue and the strap 1 is in shape that of a boat.or receptacle 6, with a flat bottom 5 and a cover 12. The cover 12 is longitudinally slotted at 8 and 9, the slot 8 serving to fasten the ribbon 1, while the slots 9 are provided for the purpose of allowing the superfluous glue to iiow into the boat 6. The ribbon lis provided at its upper end with a frame 2 for suspending the whole device by a nail or the'like from the wall. The strap'or ribbon 1 is preferably made of a woven or narrow-mesh fabric and may be of one, two, or more ply, or it may consist of a fabric made of a series of layers, such as paper or other suitable material, having both sides covered with a tissue of fabr'c or other material, as represented in Fig. 5, in which the paper is indicated atiand the tissue at 1.

The connection between the strap or ribbon 1 and the boat or receptacle 6 is eected by means of a clamping device 3, secured to the lower end of the ribbon. This contrivance is fastened to the end of the ribbon 1 by pressing the middle pieces 3, Fig. 3, together. The clamping device is provided on both ends with overhanging ears to retain the same under the cover 12 of the boat or receptacle 6. These ears serve also to maintain the receptacle or boat 6 in a horizontal position. The cover 12 is, after the insertion of the ribbon 1 by a clamping device, brought into place on the boat, box, or receptacle 6.

The second form of the device differs from the first only in the shape of the box, boat, or receptacle 6, which is that of a half sphere or ball 10 and is provided with a separate or detachable cover 11 for permitting of the handy transporting of the device. The cover or false bottom l2 is, as in the first form of the device, removable for inserting a new ribbon 1 and for perfectly cleansing the entire trap or device.

Having thus described the nature and object of my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. An insect-trap, comprisingaglue-coated ribbon or the like provided with a clamping IOO ribbon or clamping device for the ribbon respectively, and the other two for receiving the glue dropping from the ribbon into said receptacle, substantially as and for the purposes described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my signature in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

FELIX HAI-IN.

Witnesses:

D. SCHMIDT, HERNANDO DE Soro. 

